# Botticelli April 2016 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 2, 2016, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886 "2016-04-02T04:26:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2016, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/161 "2016-04-10T03:27:03Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a tattooed Samoan-American wrestler whose real name is Eddie Fatu? > IQ2: Are you voice of Dr. Venture on _The Venture Brothers_? > IQ3: Are you a transgender member of the SDMB? Dunno x3. U. 1. fictional 2. female 3. not created by an American 4. created after 1950 5. by a European creator 6. first name starts with U 7. by a British creator 8. originally from prose fiction 9. not from a movie or movies 10. created after 1980 11. could kinda sorta be said to be from the scifi/fantasy genre 12. protagonist 13. not from horror genre 14. created by a female author 15. is a non-superpowered/non-magic empowered human 16. first name doesn’t start with Ua - Um 17. from a best seller 18. not Young Adult genre 19. not from children’s literature/children’s books 20. is both a child and an adult in the book(s) 21. written after 2000 Please ask all pending DQs by noon EST Mon. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2016, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/162 "2016-04-10T13:44:01Z")
Haven’t a clue… ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2016, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/163 "2016-04-10T15:10:28Z")
Ditto… ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2016, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/164 "2016-04-10T18:02:22Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you a tattooed Samoan-American wrestler whose real name is Eddie Fatu? > IQ2: Are you voice of Dr. Venture on The Venture Brothers? > IQ3: Are you a transgender member of the SDMB? > > Dunno x3. Umaga, James Urbaniak, Una Personn bunch of DQs but no idea who this is ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2016, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/165 "2016-04-10T18:54:51Z")
Looks like it’s up to **bordelond** and **Tim** , then… **bordelond** , in case you haven’t figured out this bit of the house rules, now that 20 DQs have been answered each player who was awarded a DQ during the course of the round gets to ask one final DQ, which must be phrased as “Are you [FirstName LastName]?” ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2016, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/166 "2016-04-10T21:01:50Z")
If anybody wants a second guess, they can have mine. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/167 "2016-04-11T02:41:44Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Looks like it’s up to **bordelond** and **Tim** , then… > > **bordelond** , in case you haven’t figured out this bit of the house rules, now that 20 DQs have been answered each player who was awarded a DQ during the course of the round gets to ask one final DQ, which must be phrased as “Are you [FirstName LastName]?” No, as I wrote, you may ask all pending DQs by noon EST tomorrow. Then we go to the “Are you Firstname Lastname” stage. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/168 "2016-04-11T11:44:46Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > No, as I wrote, you may ask all pending DQs by noon EST tomorrow. Then we go to the “Are you Firstname Lastname” stage. Hmm - that’s a new one. But I’ve used all mine, so I still have nothing to contribute. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/169 "2016-04-11T12:29:51Z")
OK fine, here’s my 4 remaining DQs Romance genre? Author still alive? Any visual adaptations? Does first name start with Un-Ur? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/170 "2016-04-11T13:52:34Z")
I have no DQs left either. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/171 "2016-04-11T14:15:27Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > … I’ve used all [my DQs], so I … have nothing to contribute. Ditto – this one was especially tough 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/172 "2016-04-11T15:21:05Z")
Yeah, the extra time for more DQs is a little strange, but I’ll bite: DQ1: Is the setting where you appear recognizably Earth? DQ2: If DQ1 is Earth, is the setting in the past? If not, is the technology used mostly less than modern? Like the rest of you, I’m not particularly hopeful on this one. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/173 "2016-04-11T18:50:24Z")
There were several still-unasked DQs, including three in the very post which brought us to 20 (21, actually), so I thought I’d give you all a chance to ask 'em and narrow the field. U. 1. fictional 2. female 3. not created by an American 4. created after 1950 5. by a European creator 6. first name starts with U 7. by a British creator 8. originally from prose fiction 9. not from a movie or movies 10. created after 1980 11. could kinda sorta be said to be from the scifi/fantasy genre 12. protagonist 13. not from horror genre 14. created by a female author 15. is a non-superpowered/non-magic empowered human 16. first name doesn’t start with Ua - Um 17. from a best seller 18. not Young Adult genre 19. not from children’s literature/children’s books 20. is both a child and an adult in the book(s) 21. written after 2000 22. not in romance genre, pretty much 23. author still alive 24. no visual adaptations as far as I know 25. first name starts with Un-Ur 26. setting is recognizably Earth 27. is set in the past OK, discuss amongst yourselves, if you like, but please ask all earned “Are you Firstname Lastname?” questions by noon Weds. EST. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/174 "2016-04-11T20:55:10Z")
I’m wondering if the mystery guest is from historical fiction, but such characters were actually real in most cases. Possible girl names that begin with Un-Ur include Una, Undine, Unice, Unity, Urania, Urbana and Ursula. All I can think of is the octopus witch who stole Ariel’s voice. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/175 "2016-04-11T21:30:43Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/176 "2016-04-11T22:00:26Z")
She’s not from a movie, but that doesn’t rule out TV. I didn’t watch _Downton Abbey_, but I know EH did. Is there a character from there that would fit? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/177 "2016-04-11T22:41:39Z")
DQ 24 seems to rule out a TV programme based on the book. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/178 "2016-04-11T23:19:42Z")
Right. I missed that. ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/179 "2016-04-12T01:40:18Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > I’m wondering if the mystery guest is from historical fiction, but such characters were actually real in most cases. > > Possible girl names that begin with Un-Ur include Una, Undine, Unice, Unity, Urania, Urbana and Ursula. All I can think of is the octopus witch who stole Ariel’s voice. Way ahead of you, that was my first IQ 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/180 "2016-04-12T01:48:43Z")
There certainly exists historical fiction that doesn’t use real characters, or the SFish/past stuff makes me wonder if there’s a British Connie Willis… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886.md?page=10)